Curtis, publisher of the "Philadelphin Public Ledger," is, reported to have purchased the "Philadelphia North American." The two papers will shortly be amalgamate Router's American Service.
Bertin, May 20—The Reichsbank's discount rate remains unchanged.—Reuter.
Bertin, May 20.—The Reichstag to-day by 214 votes to 129 rejected Socialist motion of non-confidence. Twenty-five members abstained from voting—Reuter.
Mania, May 21.—The British Navy sloop Bluebell is coming here from the Pelew Islands, on her way to Hongkong, after'an adventurous 12,000-mile cruise the South Seas—Reuter's Pacific Service.
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